TY - JOUR AU - Mohan, M. Ajay PY - 2021/01/27 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - An Analysis of Ecological Coexistence in Upaniṣads JF - Tattva Journal of Philosophy JA - Tattva VL - 12 IS - 2 SE - DO - 10.12726/tjp.24.1 UR - https://journals.christuniversity.in/index.php/tattva/article/view/2764 SP - 1-12 AB - <p>The paper intends to objectively review the ecological understanding of Upaniṣhadic ṛṣis. Since ecology is a modern notion, it is required to precisely place it within the Upaniṣhadic thought. For that purpose, a possible ontological structure of Upaniṣhadic philosophy is sorted in which the discussion of ecology becomes meaningful. Upaniṣhadic ṛṣis conceived ecology as a part of their metaphysics, that is, one which is assisted by the devatas. There is a dependent coexistence between Devatas, Humans and the world. This feature of Upaniṣhadic philosophy should not be treated as a declaration for environmental conservation. It is rather seen as a theory of consumption and calibration from both sides. Although ecology is integrated into the Upaniṣhadic metaphysics, it is not one of the subject matters of Upaniṣhads.&nbsp; An understanding of ecology traceable from Upaniṣhads is supplementary to Upaniṣhadic theory of Devatas. Thus, the author concludes that the Upaniṣhadic ecology is metaphysical rather than natural.</p> ER -